1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the football (soccer) championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the eleventh overall CONCACAF tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was held was 1971, from that point on the first-place finishers of World Cup qualifying were considered continental champions.[1][2]

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup official programme
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJune 28 – July 7
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Honduras
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Attendance397,124 (24,820 per match)
Top scorer(s) Benjamín Galindo
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Jorge Campos

The tournament was held in the United States, in California cities Los Angeles and Pasadena. The eight teams were broken up into two groups of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to the semifinals. The Gold Cup was won by the United States, who eliminated Mexico in the semi-finals match, and went on to beat Honduras on penalties after tying them in the final 0–0.

Qualified teams
Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performance
Qualified through the 1989 CONCACAF Championship
 Costa Rica Winners 1st Debut
North American zone
 United States Automatic 1st Debut
 Mexico Automatic 1st Debut
 Canada Automatic 1st Debut
Caribbean zone qualified through the 1991 Caribbean Cup
 Jamaica Winners 1st Debut
 Trinidad and Tobago Runners-up 1st Debut
Central American zone qualified through the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup
 Honduras Runners-up 1st Debut
 Guatemala Third Place 1st Debut

Venues
Los AngelesPasadena
Memorial ColiseumRose Bowl
Capacity: 93,607Capacity: 92,542

Squads
Main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 3210103+75
 Mexico 321083+55
 Canada 310269-32
 Jamaica 3003312-90
Canada 2–4 Honduras
Mitchell  66', 80' Report Bennett  28' (pen.)
Espinoza  34'
Cálix  41'
Flores  51'
Attendance: 13,374
Mexico 4–1 Jamaica
Galindo  28', 54' (pen.)
Zague  36'
Hermosillo  58'		 Report Reid  39'
Attendance: 13,374
Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua and Barbuda)
Jamaica 0–5 Honduras
Report Cálix  27', 51'
Anariba  31'
Bennett  69'
Yearwood  89'
Attendance: 45,797
Referee: Errol Forbes (Trinidad and Tobago)
Canada 1–3 Mexico
Lowery  83' Report Hermosillo  3'
de la Torre  40'
Galindo  89' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,797
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Jamaica 2–3 Canada
Wright  42'
Reid  63'		 Report Mitchell  34'
Miller  54'
Limniatis  60'
Attendance: 36,703
Referee: José Carlos Ortíz (El Salvador)
Mexico 1–1 Honduras
Hermosillo  57' Report Anariba  9'
Attendance: 36,703
Referee: Jay Majid (United States)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 330083+56
 Costa Rica 31025502
 Trinidad and Tobago 310234–12
 Guatemala 310215–42
Costa Rica 2–0 Guatemala
R. Gómez  14'
Flores  17'		 Report
Attendance: 18,435
Referee: Mike Siefert (Canada)
United States 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Murray  85'
Balboa  87'		 Report Lewis  67'
Attendance: 18,435
Referee: José Carlos Ortíz (El Salvador)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Costa Rica
Lewis  38'
Thomas  89'		 Report Medford  6'
Attendance: 6,344
Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)
Guatemala 0–3 United States
Report Murray  11'
Quinn  46'
Wynalda  52'
Attendance: 6,344
Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua and Barbuda)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 Guatemala
Report Espel  89'
Attendance: 36,703
Referee: José Fuentes (Honduras)
United States 3–2 Costa Rica
Vermes  6'
Pérez  49' (pen.)
Marchena  59' (o.g.)		 Report Arguedas  30'
Jara  33'
Attendance: 36,703

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 5 – Memorial Coliseum
 
 
 Honduras2
 
July 7 – Memorial Coliseum
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 United States0 (4)
 
July 5 – Memorial Coliseum
 
 Honduras0 (3)
 
 United States2
 
 
 Mexico0
 
Third place
 
 
July 7 – Memorial Coliseum
 
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Costa Rica0

Semi-finals
Honduras 2–0 Costa Rica
Bennett  37'
Flores  79'		 Report
Attendance: 41,103
United States 2–0 Mexico
Doyle  48'
Vermes  64'		 Report
Attendance: 41,103
Referee: José Carlos Ortiz (El Salvador)

Third place play-off
Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica
Farfán  9'
Galindo  89'		 Report
Attendance: 41,103
Referee: Errol Forbes (Trinidad and Tobago)

Final
Main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
United States 0–0 (a.e.t.) Honduras
Report
Penalties
Balboa
Vermes
Pérez
Caligiuri
Eck
Quinn
Kinnear
Clavijo 		4–3 Castro
Anariba
Yearwood
Flores
Zapata
Cálix
Vallejo
Espinoza
Attendance: 41,103

Statistics

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

Winners
 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners 

United States
First title

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  United States (H) 5 4 1 0 10 3 +7 13 Champions
2  Honduras 5 3 2 0 12 3 +9 11 Runners-up
3  Mexico 5 3 1 1 10 5 +5 10 Third Place
4  Costa Rica 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 3 Fourth Place
5  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
6  Canada 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
7  Guatemala 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
8  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 1993. Source:
(H) Host.

References
  1. Michael Lewis (1970-01-01). "When USA won the inaugural Gold Cup: 'Soccer was a lot different back then' | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  2. http://www.teletica.com/deportes/94452-Historia-de-Costa-Rica-en-la-Copa-Oro-1991.note.aspx%5B%5D
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